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JOURNAL #12

How high can you fly

but with only one wing

well not high at all actually

but at least I can sing

but could you glide like a bird

with a brick on its nose

why, I'm not so sure but I could

try I suppose

should I leap from the couch instead

with a pie in my hand

praying with all my child like might

that on both feet I'll land

so not the pie in my face I'd come soon

to wear

why I say, this is an absolutely

delightful game

would you just so happen to have a pie

or two to spare

I think not

for you see

unlike you I swear

no real sense of humor have I got

and that my dim witted friend is

that in three....................

(April 12, 1994 pm)

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